SWITCHES
The description below is from the book
DOS the
Easy Way by Everett Murdock Ph.D.
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Type: Internal (5.0 and later)
Syntax:
SWITCHES= [/K][/F][/N][/W]
Purpose: Used in the CONFIG.SYS file to configure DOS in a
special way;
for example, to tell DOS to emulate different hardware configurations.
Discussion
One useful function of the SWITCHES command is if you are using older
applications with a new enhanced keyboard you can use the /K option to
cause the
keyboard to act like a standard keyboard.
For more information about the SWITCHES command, see Chapter 6, Tips for Advanced Users, in the downloadable book
DOS the Easy Way.
Options
/K - Causes an enhanced keyboard to act as though it were an older
standard
keyboard.
/F - Removes the two-second delay that occurs when the Starting MS-DOS
...
message is displayed on the screen (DOS Version 6 only).
/N - Disables the F5 and F8 keys during system start-up (DOS Version 6
only).
/W - Tells DOS that the WINA20.386 file has been moved to directory
other than
the root directory.
Example
To cause your enhanced keyboard to act like an older standard keyboard,
enter
the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file:
switches=/K
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